Commercial Trashcan W/Ashtray

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This is a project I did when working for Imo's Pizza. Our bucket full of sand at the front door just wasn't working. Cigarettes and trash just don't mix. Tired of putting out fires we decided that we needed one of those trash cans with the ash tray in top. After looking at the prices of commercial units we decided I could build the trash can for about 1/3 the price. This is a picture of the completed can. I'm sorry I don't have construction pics, I built this before I knew about Instructables.com. Looks pretty good outside the store though, huh?

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Glad you like it! I managed our Imo's here for four years until they closed :-(Now I have to drive an hour and a half to St. Louis to enjoy it now! I also put my hand to the bushes out front and carved IMOS out of them!